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I was at Tapatio Springs that weekend with my dad, wife and son. I was driving back from SA listening to game on WOAI. I almost drove off the road when Elliott hit the shot. I had taped the game of course and watched it about 12 times that night. My dad came in and said, "Are you watching that again?" :lol
I was wasted.
The shot of Elliott running and pointing to Elie and saying "I told you so"?
I have an autographed picture of that. My most prized Spurs possession.
This thread made me smile! I was at home with my mom, aunt and boyfriend watching the game. He wasn't a Spurs fan (he was from Houston) but that year I turned him in to one. He even went as far as to buy Spurs flags for his car. haha anyway...we were cheering and screaming like idiots.
This year I will be at the game cheering the boys on. :)
For those of you that want to see the shot you can view it on Seans video tribute...it starts at about 3:30 into the video. Here's To You #32
Section 105, Row 30. I screamed "NO!" then realized what was happening, jumped up and down like a little girl, and bear hugged the guy standing next to me -- I never did get his name!! ;)
Aside from seeing that play develop, my most vivid memory of that day is watching a stream of fans head for the exit right before the end of that timeout. The walkway behind the temporary seats in the Dome was packed with people trying to get out of the building to beat the traffic. As much as I was initially dismayed by the shot that Sean took, I had been so certain that something amazing was going to happen that I took a mental snapshot of the exodus from across the floor. Amazing.
Didn't some guy have his eardrum burst when that shot went down? I read about it the next day. It must have been the loudest roar ever.
tlong:
"I slit my wrists and was taken to the emergency room."
It was shown on late night TV over here in Australia. I was still in high school, so I had the game taped and went to school late the next morning. Needless to say I was very happy for the rest of the day :p
The image of the shot going through is burnt into my head, so much so that in one of the trivia contests here there was a question "who was on the floor during the MMD?" and I named every player. Best single Spur shot ever :)
:lmao no words needed!!!!!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimcs50
It looked as if Rasheed Wallace blocked his shot. Amazing how Elliott could focus on the basket with a tall person flying out at him with long arms, right in his grill as he released the shot with a high arc.
Actually, there was some guy who suffered a collapsed lung or a broken rib or something like that after the play.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimcs50
If anyone has access to the E-N online archives, you might be able to find that story.
That's right, a collapsed lung.Quote:
Originally Posted by FromWayDowntown
Damn, that is harsh.
:)
I was underwater reading about it because we don't get TV on submarines.
I was a newlywed and we had come to SA for a "makeup" honeymoon since we didin't go when we'd gotten married in January.
We had plans to meet some friends at Hooters for the game...... but .. uh ... we never left the Emily Morgan that day.
Please delete this thread.
From the archives...
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Paper: San Antonio Express-News
Title: Spurs fever gives fan chills, collapsed lung
Date: June 13, 1999
Jesse Alejos wanted the Spurs to hear him scream.
From his perch on the club level of the Alamodome last week, Alejos and his buddies watched with eagle eyes as it came down to the last seconds of the Spurs' second match against the Portland Trail Blazers.
With the home team down by two, Alejos was silent and tense.
Then it came, the now-famous Sean Elliott Memorial Day miracle 3-point shot in the last five seconds. The shot that led the Spurs to victory, launched the crowd of 35,260 fans into pandemonium and sent Alejos to his feet, punching his fist in the air and screaming - until it hurt.
That is, until his left lung collapsed.
"The whole game we were yelling and jumping up and down. Then when Sean made that last shot ... I mean, I was really freaking out," Alejos said, more than a week later from his bed on the second floor of the Santa Rosa Hospital. "I don't think I've ever yelled so much."
He stopped cheering about the time he felt stabbing pains in his chest and couldn't draw in enough air to speak. When he got home, he called an ambulance.
The athletic 20-year-old, who has never been a smoker nor had respiratory problems of any kind, said doctors diagnosed him with a serious case of Spurs fever.
"They told me that's what must have done it," Alejos said.
Nearly two weeks later, Alejos is still recovering, unable to breathe without the help of a machine.
If his condition doesn't improve, he's headed for surgery this week, he said.
No matter.
It hasn't darkened his devotion to the Spurs.
Alejos counts as the most comforting items in his hospital room a pair of Tim Duncan's Nike tennis shoes, size 16, which he keeps next to the bed.
After Alejos asked for his autograph last year, Duncan handed him the pair off his feet.
Now, Alejos is just hoping to recover in time for the upcoming championship series, which starts Wednesday at the Alamodome, as the Spurs take on the New York Knicks.
Next time, though, he said, he plans to turn down his volume just a notch.
Copyright 1999 San Antonio Express-News
Author: Karisa King
Section: A Section
Page: 12A
Copyright 1999 San Antonio Express-News
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I was over visiting my parents in Austin and we were all sitting in their den watching the game. Like, many, I was like WTF when Sean put up the shot, and when it went in I was jumping up and down so high that I swear I almost hit my head on the ceiling. To me, this was the single greatest moment of the playoffs that year. Yeah, winning it all was great, but it was not the same because it wasn't in front of the home crowd.
please dont ruin this thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by tlongII
50 cent,that pic of Sean shooting the miracle shot,looks like a blocked shot to be! Thats a double miracle shot,getting it off,and going in :elephant I also cant remember where I was at.After watching games from swen nater,louie dampier,kenon,gervin,silas,to david,and tim,and brain cells over the years,not like they used to be :smokin .....get the brooms out,the suns are going on vacation soooon!
Out with my (then) girlfriend. :depressed I didn't even hear about until the next day. But she's now my wife, so I can't complain much.
I was in my couch and screamed and jumped up in the air and hugged my brother when Sean Elliot made the shot.
i was at a friends house. the three of us there managed to jump up and down so much on the 2nd floor that we scared his parents.
unfortunately, this monday i will be on a flight back to la from san antonio. stupid scheduling.
I was one of the people running out from the upper deck but not to go to the parking lot. I think you will find that alot of people were running to get closer. A group of my friends ran down from the upper deck and were standing on the opposite side baseline entrance, just to watch the final shot. It was the most amazing game of my life.
I was at my buddies house in Spring Branch, we watched that game and we were so pissed that Portland was going to win this one. But we kept the faith and watched the Spurs battle back and when they went to the timeout, I knew we were going to win it.
But not the way I planned it, I thought Dave or Tim were going to go inside and tie it, when I saw that Sean got the bal I was screaming out "3 shoot the 3" watched his feet and thought the refs were gonna call it, but they didnt. And then the shot went in!
We ran outside and screamed until we couldnt scream any more. That is one day I will NEVER forget!!!
http://www.spursinfo.com/photos/spur.../elliott_5.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by samikeyp
:smokin
Sean was a badass.